September 13, 2009

Day 13 - City Tour (Yangtze River and Jianghan Street)

Today's another day in the city! We visited Yangtze River first. Can see some bridges on both sides there. Along the river, you can also see people flying kites with their families on this Sunday morning.

The main attraction of the day - shopping at Jianghan Street. It was a long stretch of shops where you can almost shop till you drop. However, the price here is almost the same as Singapore. I noticed that there are quite a number of banks located there too.

A group of us went to the arcade to spend our afternoon away. We went to grab soft toys again! My luck was good today, managed to grab one of them, a small one.

Jun Ru was sent to the nearby school's hospital today as she was very sick since yesterday. Take care! :)

Lessons resume tomorrow! :(

Reflections
While having lunch at an outlet in Jianghan Street, a rat came out of the standing air cooler next to us. This is very unhygienic especially in a food outlet where it can cause unwanted food poisoning. If this were to happen in Singapore, complaints will definitely be received by customers. But we just kept quiet about it since it is not much of an annoyance to us.

In China, when there are no traffic lights, YOU are the "traffic light". Here, it is the people who give in to the cars, not the cars give in to the people. So, it is best to go in big groups where you can block the vehicles from driving past and not allowing you to cross the road. Whereas in Singapore, pedestrians are prioritized when it comes crossing the road.

From what I heard, the hospital's efficiency was very bad. So yes, Singapore's services should be way better and efficient. But we can't help it, we are living in a more rural area here. so don't take things for granted in Singapore! :)